North Korea has also vowed to take unspecified retaliatory steps if the Security Council imposed more sanctions against the country for its third nuclear test on Feb. 12, and its latest warning amplified on such threats.

“Now that the U.S. imperialists seek to attack the DPRK with nuclear weapons, it will counter them with diversified precision nuclear strike means of Korean style,” the North Korean statement said, using the acronym of the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “The army and people of the DPRK have everything including lighter and smaller nukes unlike what they had in the past.”

– What’s NOT a good sign is that according to the Chosun Ilbo, China is building five bridges across the Sino-North Korean frontier and expanding road and railroad connections between the two countries. Sources told the Chosun Ilbo that this could be to allow China to more quickly deploy troops to North Korea in an emergency. The North Koreans are reportedly spooked by the Chinese interest, too.

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Wait. So it goes from turning Seoul into a sea of fire to surgical strikes with small nukes? The first implies total devastation. The second partial devastation to selected strategic targets. Is it just me or is the level of threat getting smaller?

Baek du boy

Perhaps with all the infra spend going on in China, the bridges are an extension of this and could aimed at facilitating trade and commerce and perhaps open north Korea slowly to the outside world. Sure they’d handle more troops too, but would not be the primary reason for construction.

http://www.rjkoehler.com Robert Koehler

Not sure about opening up China to the outside world, but the article did note that there are economic factors at work, too, most notably mining resources in North Korea, including Asia’s largest open iron mine:

How does China unilaterally build bridges over a river on an international boarder anyway? The North Koreans must have at least agreed to their construction.

Madar

Park Geun-hye is taking an even stronger stance against the North. Alright! I just hope it’s not all bluff and bluster, but that there is some steel behind it. A bully doesn’t stop until someone breaks his nose, then he runs to mama, (China?), and cries foul.

hardyandtiny

North Korea has also vowed to take unspecified retaliatory steps – after the NBA Finals – if the Security Council imposed more sanctions against the country for its third nuclear test…..

http://profiles.google.com/dcmusicfreak DC Musicfreak

It’s all about sucking the minerals out from under the DPRK, the PRC’s M.O. everywhere.

cm

Did you hear? North Korea has also threatened to nuke Washington. I’m not joking, they actually threatened that.

cm

They said not only Seoul, but also Washington will turn into a sea of fire. I’m not sure exactly what they imply by that. Intercontinental nuke missile or terrorism?

oranckay

This at least makes sense in the context of the momentarily-every-so-slightly-warming relations with the US. NK tends to up the anti-US rhetoric when something nice has happend btwn the two, in this case “basketball diplomacy.” You don’t want anyone in Pyongyang to think you’ve lowered your guard, so you unleash nonsense like this. Same thing happened after the Carters danced in Pyongyang on their anniversary, for example.

Calm people, this is another NoKo’s BS threat going nowhere. Even if they decided to launch some sort of assault, its going to be another sneaky sh*t like Cheonanham style. They know, we know- the day they wage war against SoKo- would just lead to the end of both.